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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459275603321

Autore

Owen David <1964-, >

Titolo

Nietzsche's genealogy of morality / / David Owen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49321-4

1-317-49322-2

1-315-71186-9

1-282-94343-X

9786612943430

1-84465-396-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Genealogy (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The project of re-evaluation and the turn to genealogy -- pt. 2. On the genealogy of morality.

Sommario/riassunto

A landmark work of western philosophy, ""On the Genealogy of Morality"" is a dazzling and brilliantly incisive attack on European ""morality"". Combining philosophical acuity with psychological insight in prose of remarkable rhetorical power, Nietzsche takes up the task of offering us reasons to engage in a re-evaluation of our values. In this book, David Owen offers a reflective and insightful analysis of Nietzsche's text. He provides an account of how Nietzsche comes to the project of the re-evaluation of values; he shows how the development of Nietzsche's understanding of the requirements o